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M6 Lecember 1906
The Honcrable J. Walter Yeagley
Acoistant Attoracy Geseral
internal Security Division
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he : After you informed me on 29 November 1966 of the choses
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Ae you know, we have installations in the Miami ares
_ which utilize a variety af sensitive covers. - The Chlef of Station’
coordinates his activizies closely with the Federal Bureau of
the iamigratico and Nateralisation Service, and
the Euress of Customs ef the Department of the Treasury and
_ Gecomiaater to those offices (a the ares partinent intelligence
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Gus Ration wes well informed em the pisas of Mau-3rer -
ané bis cohorts and dlesecinated this tefermaticn ia the normal
gmnzer. Part of this reporting iacluded tnfermatiza that Masterrer
and aeune of his asceciates repeatedly asserted thet thei: alctting -
had boas appreved by the U. &. Goverazment. On some occasions
thay olated this approval came from this Agency, aad the other...
tinse they latimsted that the Federal Buresa of investigation had
approved theis actions. These claime were agzsrentiy used to
persuade verieus persess, primartiy Cabss cailes, seme of whem
formerly had centect with the Agency, te joia the plet. B appears
logieal te assume that Masierrer woulé coutiaus te claim. that be
had received what he interpretcé to be U. 6. Government appreval
ef the schems ta ovsrtasew Precicent Levaiser, and if he has

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nothing more positive he can take the aoproach that he considered
the U. S. Goverr.:nent tacitly approved his plot since it obviousiy

* know shout it und did not take any action against him.

For the recoréd, it can be flatly stated that neither by

statement nor by implication has toe Central Intelligence Agency

dadicated te anyone trat it approved or was supporting the plot.

On the contrary, those who queried people they knew were con-
mected with our Agincy concerning possible participezica in tho
pict were told that it had no U. &. Governmont backing whatsorver.
Seme of the plotters attempted te contact this Agency throagh
verteus intermediaries, and the intermediaries were told that the
Agency wished to have nothing to do with the undertaking and that

‘any inferraation coicerning violations of U. S. laws should be
 paesed to law-enforcement agencies, perticularly the Buresa of
' Custeme aad the Federal Buress of investigation. Technically,

therefore, tac Agency hae stayeé clear of the plotters, and we

. weld ve in a positicn to state that we-nad no connectias with the

plot aad had given it a0 encouragement or backing of any sort.

As & practice! matter, however, if prosecution were
Mascerrer, and perhaps other defendants. would prebebly

: . Claim that they hed CLA becking 2nd seme might even belicve it to

be true. This might well lead one er more defandants to seek
& subpoens duces tecum for an Ageaty witness and the Agency

> documentation on the subject. As soted above, the witnese can
‘: testify 6 the fact that the Agency had in no way participated oF

encouraged the activity. If it proved impossible te quash the
weoquizement for production of cocuments, however, we would be
faced with a eltuation where ww would almost certainly bare te
eloi the documents were privileged oa the grounce ef security.
Aside from the sexsltivity of tae resorte and theiz possible
compromise ef sources, we would have the problem ef identification
of our personnel under cover and of protecting the sensitive Cover
arresgements.

The same is true to a leceer extent of action aguinst
Meelerres la coanoctios with vicistions of his sarcls. ts view
of the flagreat and namerous viciations which wore sctetiily
keowa te sad roported by Government agencies without any
punitive action reculting, { would appear that he could make 8
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this douret cree Berane: AASZ 04, Metre 1 tisteae of 05 Jamel toons wana the eumag of te Exporoge Lows. Yale '
38, USC. Seca 702 and 7946, the trorsmmecn oF sevelotion of which in any manner %0 On wncsnereES peicn « puneted by tow.
CONTROLLED DISSEM CONPIDZENTIAL MO DISSEM ABROAD.
COunTay Haiti REPORT NO. O0— B-321/19112-66
gugicc? Proposed Invasion Cancelled DATE DSTR 30 wow 66 3
NO. PAGES 1
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SOURCE. US national, soldier of fortune type vith vide caperieace ia Tatin Anarica.
: He is closely associated with Rolando Mesferrer.

[This report was developed. by.a Mavy representative aceigued to the office - .

of. preparstion.}

Daring the aight of 22 ov 66 « cocteton vas reached to call aff the proposed

‘4s off indefinitely.

‘Father Jean Laptiste
Masferrer vbich bas

, Invesion of Hsitt by the group sponsared by Rolando Yesferzer- the invasion

8 and Colonel Hene leas beve been argaing vith
Many Cibens scheézied elentices od melita .
: to participate have om exd military chief
| Bapolece Yitiabotes (sic), a Cuban nstional and aiieged military expect,
. bas resigned because of dissension in the group.

Tt 1s DelLeved thet US Government agencies have iztiitrated the noverent

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MIL OR ANDUM CF CONVEXKSATION between

Audsew %. George -- CBS photographer.
William G. Bowdier,

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Andrew St. George called me trem Mami. © ees

Sle eald that he aul the CBS film erew, headed by a Mr. MeMallin
@honstic). ware back in Miami te cover the departure this weekend

- . of the expedition which Rolando Masferrer was organising to lavade

’ SHgiel, St. George claimed that Masierrer had reerulted 300 men ard

~grvenged fer the use of one 5-25, two C-46s and a large boat. He

eatd that ali the preparations were so much in the open that it was
evident that Masferrer and hia Haitian colleagues had received the
“green ligit™. Recest events in Haiti, plos Masferres’s activities,
were sttracting a lot of newamen te Miami.

I teld %. George that he was mistaken about the "gr=sz light". We
wild mot telerate vielation of cur aeutrality laws. Our eanlorcement

. whoee duty it ls to enfercs these lowe, will .0t permit
what he describes taking piece. I wanted him aad those with wacm
he wae dealing ta be clear on this point. Hs said be would inform
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"a, @n 26 Get 65 T-spoke with Rolando Mesferrer Rojas,  Cuben exile, end he told .
| --.. | Se that be kas organized eeilitary Sarce of approximately 250 nen to invade . ,
- Eaiti. Zhe invasion force consists of Cuban and Esitisa exiles residing in ‘
_ the U3, the Bahamas, and the Doninican Republic. ‘ibe invasion vill probably Loe wet
tbo lnuncted froa the Dosinican Republic sanstine tstveen § and 13 Hovenher ‘ Boa, .
end the target is Port-suePrince. ‘he invesion force will strike in the ard Selon not

”- gaply bours of the morning sele*+cd. Te is vell earned, and 1111 have airy
covers the precidential palace will be bombed. .

Wasferrer stated that Bigene L. ticximilien, Haitian Conmil in Miemi, Ylorid:,

_ fe avare of the invasion, but be 20 Of the inrasion date. i
- Maxinidies fs presently is Haitt informing Prosidest Develier tust the invasion = ‘
gan bo prevented by paying off $200,000 to Masferrer. Fa7callicn vill retum vy
- $0 tbe US on 3 Novesber and he has agread vith Masferrer tha: if [uvalter

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agrees to the pay-off, Maximilien will receive $50,000 aud Musferrer £150,000. *
Masferrer told me that the invasion vill tece place in any event and the 4 ie
a . $250,000, 4 received, would be used to further support the invasion. 5

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Eaitien aszy officers and he hed received their export. The, Bsitian a :
officers told Vasfcrrer thst they vould revolt as sccs os informed tuat the a
duvasion bad comenced. ‘bey do not know thst the target will be Port-qe © i
Princes they belicre that 1t will be in the cap Eeltien area. A.
" Paeferrer stated thet be ws confident thet the Lovesion will eucceesé, and if :

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Revolutionaries in Miemi, Florida, _. NO. PAGES 1 :
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{26 September 1967 FIELD REPORT NO, UFG-9090 -

‘THIS © UNEVALUATED INFORMATION, SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 38 TENTATIVE.

Former Latin American diplomat who maintains relations vith officials of mt
Latin American countries. Source is a trained reporter and ois inform- : i
tion has been reliable in the past. He obtained thia intormtion tron
aurea Esther Poggio.

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On 21 September 1967 in Miami, Florida, Aurea Esther Poggio, 7
euigre who is a secretary to Rolando Masferrer Rojas. 2

: said that plans had been made to assassinate persona linked

*. with revolutionary movements in Miami opposing President i

“+ Francois Duvalier of Haiti. Poggio said that the first suck boy

Seer was against Julio Aton Constanzo Palau on 17 Septenter :

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matter in an effort to find gut who was carryang out the to ¢

‘jamgasoinetion Plans for Duvelier.2

_ Field Comment: Constanzo, Cuban enigre, was emoug those indicted

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“s* attsen emigre, by a federal grand jary in Miemt 4n Peoruary 1967 = ‘
charges of conspiring to Jemmch an invasios of Haiti fraa the Florsia ll.

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th Be Fee uertere Comment: Acconting to ‘1003-314/08728-67, about mid-
re iustructed Andre Elie, Esitian Consul in Hew York, to

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PHOTOGRAPHER ANDREW ST, GEORSE REPORTED FOLLOWING TO WILLIAM
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|\3, MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD -
be SUBJECT: Liaison Meeting with FBI New York Agent Frank O'Brien

ae, ‘1. At 1500 hours on 13 September, Ken Millian and I aoa
“-/, met with FBI Cuban specialist Frank O’Brien at 4 cafe/coffee :
_«- shop at 72nd St. and 3rd Ave., two blocks away from the Bu-
Feau's Kew York headquarters. 1 had arranged the meeting by
telephone from Washington.and.advised C'Brien-that i wanted
to review and coordinate a number of items with him... I.also.. .
. informed kin that I would be “accompanied by Millian, a col-
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. 2. The meeting cpene4-at an easy pace with an uninhib-
ited review of happenings of mutual iaterest: O'Brien noted — -y
that in his view the Cubans at the Mission had b2en relative-”™
ly inactive and had not recently becn involved in sutversive § a
activities of any magnitude. He reviewed FBI coverage of as sa ;
yet not fully explained purchasing activity by Mission per-. Cher 7,
sonnel vhich included procurement from various Nea York area .
' military surplus cutlets of. panchos, leggings, and other . ‘ a f t 5
' gimilar equipment. He implied that in the process of covere — tae! 5
ing ‘the activities, the Bureau had acquired a substantial 4 :
*. gmotnt of surplus equipment itself but he didn't provide de-
" tails and we didn't pursue the matter.

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' $3. Be noted that blanket Bureau coverage of the activ-
ities of folando Masferrer was continuing and that he oce2-
sionally talked with Masferrer.-by telephone or in person.

He indicated that the Zureau was intinately aware of efforts
on the part of Masferrer anj other Cubans both in New York |
~ and Florida te procure ares in the U.£. and position thes ir

- the Domixican Republic. Ue reported that an atterpt to seve
a shipmezt of such arms from the Florida Keys to the D.R. .

- Currently was underway and that the U.S. Custons Service was
. alerted to move in at the appropriate time to confiscate the
| material. (Although acknowledging Wasferrer's gangster packe
ground. O*Brien complemented his on his intelligence and ef-

iciency and indicated that Masferrer was one cf the ablest
Cuban refegees he hac net.)

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De ia Torre apparently is involved with Cuban refugees in
the U.S, who are attempting to re-establish the 26th of July
Movement here in the United States minus the Communist im-
plications contributed by Fidel, O'Brien apparently is im-

..%. ,.pressed with De la Torre's sincerity: and ability and belicves

-. "+ \ that De la Torre should be of interest to us. De la Torre .

tv has until recently stayed away from exile accivities and ac- = *
cording to O'Brien is pushing the revitalized 26th of July oo
idea by personal contact tather than make any splash,

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1 qe t * - indicated that De la Torre's only real gripe was the Bay of ;
Wea ®Ke _Pigs. (C/O ncte: We.should look: into De la Torre to seeif oo =: ¥.-
* J gpwds-he could be used in any revitalized effort abroad to estab- - 4 738
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tess in Cuba - Carlos Franqui et¢.) ‘We indicated that we would
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sapeple with him again in the future; -- -

1 b29 , S$. Note: O'Brien has been working the Cuban target in or
‘ope New York for aver ten years and. is impressively conversant book
Qbe +. With the subject. -It-is, therefore, sometimes difficult to :

_ stay with him wher he covers various compsicated subjects oe
“with abbreviated statements, e. g., during subject meeting, . oof 4 wipe

. he alluded to one Miguel Morales, the former husband of Nellie pT es
-- Barletta, daughter of Batista's ambassador to Argentina a a
/ Anleto Barletta. He apparently feels there may be mileage TG

- “im Morales. We will, therefore, review Morales, Barletta, Loeb,
“et al, and resurface the subject with him when tine permits. et

i 6. The two principal action items on my agenda were
the coordination of my planned luncheon meeting with photo-
journalist Lee J. Lockwood (201-78771), and discussion of

NEKNIFE, who allegedly was interviewed by the Bureau in New
.. York several years ago, O'Brien advised me that he had re-

viewed their Lockwood file end talked with the Bureau agent a
= Yesponsible for the Lockwood "case",- He stated that he had i ot
. HOt Uncovered any derogatory information on Lockwood and ‘saw ;

Ro reason to prevent my meeting with him. I told him I would
. advise him of my meeting arrangements with Lockwood when they

~~ Were £irm and that I would brief him after the Meeting was
i) OVeF, (it is of interest to note that during my briefiag
_, O£ O'Brien on the morning of the 16th, the day folloving ny

~'': luncheon with Lockwood, O'Brien noted that soue of his supe-

 Shers in Washington thought Lockwood was an opposition (sic)
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7. O'Srien checked the Bureau's New York indices on
NEKSifd Lut without success. Lf he was in fact interviewed
by the FBI in Yew York there apparently was no record of
°, 4%. I told him that NEXNIFE was expected in New York City
“i dn late September to visit his daughter and son-in-law and

that we probably would attempt a mecting with him at the time,
He had no objection.

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8. Specific items of svsiness concluded, we moved into

& general and historical discussion of the Cuban Mission to sO ;
:. the UN, which was the main purpese of Millian'’s attendance :
- at the meeting. Recent cnanges in Miss.or personnel, includ- oo gE

ing the assignuent of Ricardo Alarc6m Quesada (201-3475$0) me ba.
1 @8 Aubassador, were discussed and itineraries of Cubans ar= ae
: Piving for the Ceneral Assembly were ncted, Eariy in the - en
. conversation, G'Brien surfaced his long tern contact with .
Cuban UN Advisor and Alternate R2presentative Antonio de Souza
‘- Carvajal (201-354048), a friend of Cutan Foreign Minister

“RaGl Roa, who has served the Cubans in New York for the past
ten years or more and has been with the Cuban Foreign Ser-
wice for 40 years. The Souza subject was not new to me, since
O'Brien had brought it up in conversations I had with him
earlier this year. I did not choose to pursue the subject
with hin at that tine, however, without first Teviewing all
implications of the case with Agency officials in Washington,
O'Brien indicated no interest in Miguel Juan Alfonso Martinez
(201354041), Counselor at the Missiony hom we suspected
they sight be in contact «ith,

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seeus to inply that he is deeply interested in it and may

: suggest that he is not satisfied with results thus far ob-

: tained. At one noint he indicated that his headquarters was

/ Rot at all happy with the take from Souza. He reviewed the

' history of the contact with complete candor beginning with

- bis initial contacts with Souza in the sid/tate 195€'s when

| O'Brien had open access to the Crban Mission in Sew York
| and was a frequent visitor there. From his description, Souza

‘ would appear to tbe a thoroughly experienced and skilled .

. dipionat who has survived the numcrous changes in the Cuban
overnnent because of his friendship with Roa and other in-

luential Cubans, and because of his ability to implenent.

, @££ectively for the Cubans the more subtle diplomatic maneu-

, Vers required by meabership in the UN community, In fact,

’ O'Brien feels that the Cubans utilize Souza exclusively on

; these latter duties and tend to exclude him fros high level
matters involving golitical, military, or econozic policy.

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This, according to O'Brien, accounts for Souza‘'s inability
to provide information of real value. O'Brieu did indicate,
however, that the usual P.I. requirements had no punch, He
cited, for example, the requirements after Souza'’s return
from Hawaii, which in effect amounted to: What's new?

a 10. Despite the long history of the Souza contact, -
;  .°7* @fBrien is not now meeting with Souza in person. Souza feels
to, -., that O'Brien is too well known in the Cuban commnity in

New York and even the most elaborate contact arrangements
would not be free of danger, Souza also shys away from talke
ing on his home phone for fear that it may be tapped. O'Brien
can, however, telephone Souza and lay on alternates telephone
oz even meeting arrangements. We did not establish the fre-
quency of G'Brien'’s current contacts with Souza nor did wé
establish at what point in the history of the contact the
- decision was made to dispense with personal meetings; the. ~~
nature of our meeting with O'Brien did not permit elaborate
and detailed questioning. He did recount, however, an in= _
teresting aspect of tne case which followed from the fact -
_ that a State Department security officer assigned to New York,
fnu), Swazev, occupied the apartment directly above Souza

ring his tour in New York and became quite friendly with
. Souza. O'Brien apparently used Swazey as an informal go-

~ petweer, on the case. (Should we choose to pursue the Souza
lead, an attespt perhaps should be made to locate and debrief
Swazey with O'Brien's concurrence, Note: This could be |
Anthony Clinton Swezey, DOB 9 August 1913, who was Special
:, Assistant to Secretary General of U.S. Mission to UN 1946 to

> 1947, In 1963 he was First Secretary, FS0-2, in Paris.)

41. It ts difficult at this point to identify with ac-
curacy the true nature of O’Briesi’s tie with Souza, Based
tpon O'Brien's comments, it does not appear that Souza sheuld
. be classified as an "agent" of the Bureau in the classical ~

. sense, particularly at this point when there apparently are
'. g0 formal arrangements for contact, no resuneration or even
instructions given, and apparently no reports received fron |
Souzs. It is probable that a critical point im this epera-
thon was reached about three years ago when, according to
O'Brien, Souza talked about his advancing age (now 65), his
Fetirement equities with the Cuban zovernzent, and his fi-§
nancial needs in general. O'Brien thought that Souza was
looking for guarantees which would provide for kis future
should he choose to cooperate fully and ultimately be sur-

, faced and forced to forego his retiresent and remain in the
U.S. O'Brien apparently presented Souza's case to his supe-
giors but was unable to generate any substantial enthusiasn.
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Souza has little potential as an asset for internal security

matters and therefore would not justify any substantial fie

nancial obligatisn. In very low key, it was made clear to : j

O’Brien that the Agency was interested in Souza'’s Positive . ;

Intelligence potential (his access in Havana should be good,

-. given his long friendship with Roa and his closeness to

- Marfa Celia Girona Fernfndez (201-327421), cousin of Celia coe,
SSnchez Manduley) and well might find justification for pro- « . ’

viding modest. security for Souza's old age. ; ‘ : :

12, Throughout our conversation it appeared clear that

O*Brien was of the opinion that there may be a role for the
. Agency in the Souza operation, We asked nim, therefore,
: whether or not he felt. Souza may still be interested in feath-
ering his nest and,.if so, if it would be bureaucratically
possible to get word to Souza that stich a possibility existed.
O'Brien felt that Souza. would still.be interested and he
‘was of the opinion that he could get the point across to
Souza via double talk in a telephone conversation. This ap-
- proach was accepted and it was agreed that O’Brien would ad-

, Vise us of the results after the call was made, If prospects
appeared encouraging. it was agreed that we would then get
together again to discuss the next step which might entail ce,
arranging direct contact with Souza. O'Brien noted that. Let

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} Souza lives in Jackson Heights and usually drives to work. ot ae

; - Possibly a contact could be arranged somewhere along the route.

: - fhe foregoing generally covers the extent of our discussion: - / 4
vegarding Souza. When I met with O'Brien again on 16 Sep- i"

tember just prior to my departure for Washington, I requested fod
“that he not take any action on the Souza case in our behalf
- until he heard something further from re. : :

- 13. Ouwring our meeting we reviewed other members of the

- Cuban Mission with particular reference to [GI types. O'Brien EL
* noted that ChaZik tlomero Saker Zenni (201-335014) undoubted- - . - od

: Ay is the senior member of the 0G! group but even so he vas 1 :

“pot thought te be particularly active. He zsported that 7

_ Ssker had been in contact with Lee Lockwood (see above) on ’

-.-’ $@veral recent occasions but nothing was known of the nature ot we

_- of the meetings. He also noted that the Bureau was in con- t :

tact with Saker’s Cuban girl friend in New York City whoa

they had just traced without surfacing any derogatory infor- :

. mation. She is cooperating and the sureau is optimistic : ee
about her potential. He did not provide the girl's name but hoe Ar os

‘ ..Andicated that we should hear about ker shortly through chzn- . ce Oe

* gels. O'Brien also acknowledged thac the Bureau has a pene- : Lol ge

: i €sation of Prensa Latina in New York. fie did net. provide the apt eo

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c,'., @ouble agent case. He noted that he had been involved to a
“0: "degree and actually was present at the hotel bar in downtown
/; -New York when the agent made his meet with the Cuban czse
:+ 1 + Officer. O'Brien, accompanied by at least one other Bureau
Po man, reported that AMBIG-3 winked at them while passing close
7° 4: by them at the bar on one occasion. O*Brien took this to. ..
i. ic. wean that AMBIG-3 presumed that O'Brien and his friend were... .
Bureau men assigned to surveil the meeting. O'Brien also “*
stated that after nis meeting with his Cuban DOGI contact,

-: AMBIG-3 called for.an emergency meeting with the Bureau and = -
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SUBJECT: Andrew St. George << free lance Photographez Baw workleg Gy ‘ °

with CLS

Mx. %. George cane to sea me at hiz request. I have knowa him from

_ the time tat he wear to Cuba in the late fiitles to film the Casire rove- _

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and in the near future would be travcliinz %0 Santo Somlaze to film tas

/ operaticn at that end] Ee claimed that in Miami j 29 L Lissferrer and

Mitekcil Warbel (phonctic) had permittes bie tofiilrs what ke ceseribed

es z larce arsenal in Masferrer's Louse.)

In rezp7n30¢ to my czestion about tho icentity of Varbel, ke said that he

io & somdiereolefortuae « arms merchart type from Atlanta who is working

2th -siezser In the zeczisition of arms. St. Gearze claimed tiat Warbel |
hac bess respoasiile for ties seizure of Manuel hay's- vessel “Veras* in /

‘the Deminican Kegublic aad the acquisition of the arms (mostly sub-machine
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iotent.J leranzements in tre DR are being Laacied throcch Sentiass Aey
with Dsstires Arzia and orkera\ wom be cic not name. St. George saic . i
se Chet Salseuer had pives bis nod to the opezitiua. Lteld Lim thas i cid rot
' .., believe theve was 2sy trath to this latter point 2a President Dasaguer azs
' pecectiy rorraalized diziomatic rclaiiuzs with Uaiti and is not intereated
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facts of Paitian aad Cuban exile ciforis would sta hp to tha tyse of story

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8 July 1966
MEMOPANDUM

SUBJECT: The Activities of Rolendo MASPERRER Rojes

1. Reference is nade to a memorandum fron this office,
Subject: Plot to Overthrow Haitian Government, dated July
6, 1966, concerning a visit to a Zara In the Atlanta, Georgia
area by an informant woo witnessed the loading of arzs at
the farm for shipment to temporary cache sites in hones —
- 4a Miami and Coral Gables, Florida; the pickup of arus
from these homes; their transfer to enall bosta already
« - OB trailers; und the offloading of latter at Miasi River
,, @ecking sites for shipment to Banto Domingo and ultivata
.. , Sites or the Haitian Coast. While the information below asy
- = B0t be related to tho incident reperted in reference, the
Sinilarity of the two reports merits attention.

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Lo 2. A friend of Rolando MASFERRER Rojas told a usually
reliable source of this office that on 27 June 1966 .
. went to a house in Miami where 200 firearns were
stored, He was accompanied by two American newanen, one of .
whom was a photographer. The arms were removed from the.
ises by agants of MASFERRER whose faces were ccvered,
ve American photographer took photographs during the
' wemoval of the arns.

3. The sane usually reliable source of paragraph two
reported in conjunction with the sbove that as of early
duly 1966, ection groups such as the Second National Front
-. OF the Recarmbray, ALPHA-G6, Comnndos-L, and Los Pinos Kuevos,
. = possessed only «2a}i quantities of arms, The oniy suoctantial
_ 77 + gmount of arms in the srea was in the bands of KASFZRRER.

ae . 4 This information is boing dissentnated to the Federal
- Bureau of Investigation and the Department of State.

O" WH/C/CICS/3. Vidal:kes hes

Distr. wtion: Based On:
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Ol, - 28 June 1966
; 1 - 201-42669

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[SUBJECT : ALANS OF RCLASSC MASFERRER ROLES, FORMER cueas

{° SEMATOR, FO® ACTION AGAINST HAITI FROM 222 De .
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“Ye, O8 13 JUME 1966 18 MIAMI, FORIDS, ROLAHBO
“WASFERRER £OJSAS, FORMER CUBAN SENATOR, £415 THAT HE HaD

 REVIED HIS PLANS FOR ACTIOM AGAINST PEESIDENT FRaucois

“ DEVOLIER OF YAITI TO INCLUDE THE COCPZESTICN GF santieso
_} REY PEREA. REY HAD SAID THAT MASFERRER GOULD BE aLtevzo

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“awonto ROJAS MASFERRER , AND ATON CONSTANZO PALAY WOULD
3 “BE AMONG THBSE ON THE VESSEL .

‘te AFIELD COMMENT s REY, A CUBAN EFIGRE wid ¥68 A.
ate MINISTER UNDER FULGENCIO BATISTA ZALDIVAR WENT

10 THE DOMISICAH . “PUBLIC [8 APRIL TO ACT AS AB ADVISER
;,3O BALAGUER DURING THE ELECTORAL CAYPAIGN. I9 MIAMZ IM

B “WAD-JUNE , HE REPORTEDLY PLAWSED TO RETURN 10 THE ,
" POMINICAS REPUBLIC. SEE ALSO UFG-8378, WHICH REPORTED

‘ inl ACCORDS TO REY HE HAD BEEN OFFERED THE USE OF A

“FINCA IN THE DOMINICAN REPUDLIC FCR ANTI-CASTRO CUERRILLA

: cane ANOTHER SOURCE, WHO HAS BEEN REIADLE 18 THE

“" PAST, REPORTED THAT REY WAS COMFERAIEC WITH ROLsE

: PASFERRER AND ANTONIO ROJAS OW 14 JUKE. CORSTABZO PALAU,

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» BUVALIER ACTION.)

By WASPERRER ASLERTED THAT 1M ORDER TO ATSLEAD
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WOT MSE WAITED STATES ARMS GR-ATIZENST TO TRANSPORT ans

FROMTHE UNITED STATES. YASFZRRER SAID THAT HENRI ae
_ Vixaman vad anus sioewOent, AND TAsT THE ATTACK AGATHST Ce.

_ ITE 4OLLD BE LAUNCHED FROM THE DOMIZICAN REPUBLIC. ocr LE
GIELD CorvenT:. ACCORDING TO SOURCE, MASFERKER DID KOT
YET EAVE VESSEL. VIXAMAR, A HAITIE9 EMIGRE WHO HAS

BEES RESIDING 14 CABADA SINCE MID-UFRIL, HAS BEEN
DESCRIBED ZARLIER AS 18 CHERGE oF THE PLANS FOR ACTION

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“SOURCE: AMOT Source Raul APAKGO de la Hoval in EE 5237, 10 May 1966

. ,AARANGO got the information in a conversation with 4ztonio ROJAS .
Masferrer at the home of Enrique MASFERFER ‘Rojas on & May 1966.
Please substitute the dissemination numbers where UfG-8225 and UFG

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FIELD INFORMATION REPORT

j GRADING OF SOURCE: A Completely retatio. 8: Usually relable. C. fa-ty relable. U. Mot usually raleble € Not rebable. (Applied
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COUNTRY Haiti/Cuba : REPORT NO. 0.2 DiS-3j)YOSEOS-0¢

suuect ° Further Developments in Plan for ATE OF RPORT 17 May 1966
_ Action Against the Haitian
Government . NO. PAGES 2

REFERENCES,

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|"! oate or 27 April - 6 May 1966 ~ Rs eee eee os
INFO. : ; ; UFC-8268

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1 pate aca. Mmited States, Miami oo

a THIS 15 UNEVALUATED ANFORMAT:ON. SOUPCE GRAD-NGS ARE DIF.WT vi. APPRAISAL UF CONTENT 1S TENTAatie,
""" SOURCE.
: A. neaber of a group of Cuban enigres trained in the techniques

of information collection. ‘The group has provided useful

reports since 1961. .

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: i. On 27 or 23 April 1966, in New York, Rolando Masferrer Rojas
co former Cuban senator who has been involve pians for action

. against President Francois Duvalier of Haiti, received a let
from the Haitian who is heading the operation against Haiti.
The Haitian instructed Masferrer to send a trusted person to
the office of Bill Harris, 7150 H.W. Gith Avenue, Niaai, Florida,
to talk with Vernon Johnson, a Negro.“ The Haitian described
Johnson as a trustworthy person vho would be in charge of getting
aras. Under no circumstances was Masferrer'’s enisarry te talk .
with anyone else.  acealy l

4 wens I ——_—_— ~

2. ‘Antenio Rojas Masferrey Rolando Masferrer's Mien,
~ Zobisen, who said that he had in the a cousin in

Rojas ‘and Enrique Masferrer Rojas, Rolando Masferrer's brother, asked a son
i VERT, who vas Minister of Justlos in Tuba under }

tor_thet-solncon-£2-an-arms-
1. Rilitery equipnent. -
=" ment. Rojas sala ne nad also been able to learn that although”

Johnson dressed in a suit and necktie he lived in a email, cheap
yoom in one of the poor, Megro sectione of Hiaat. :

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&. After writing the letter, the Haitian visited Rolando Masferrer
in New York, brought to hit, equipment worth $2,000, and told

> him te be patient, for the gperation against Haiti would be

accomplished.

&. On 6 May Antonio Rojas Hasferrer received # long-distance tele-—

eall fron t itlai, who was in Cannis. According to :

Rojas, the Haitian had toi4 him that when Buvalier goes’ to ;
Argentina he will not retury to Haiti.° Rofas added that the

United States Governrent kicws this; that some of the Ton Ton

; Macoutes (Duvalier's perscis3 police) were already giving wp -:

a their jobs and others hai teen killed in the streets. The . Z

cv -+ . United States Government therefore fears thet: te Communists

may take over in Haiti.

— Cif the Faltian phan Gbr AotW ate Mic atte eis
| “have supplied about 150 men, Cohid be weed in, abtaais ow otro we
“against Cuba. on a Snail

Field Comments:

1. Source gave the Haitian's nane as Vicemart (sic). Henri
. Vixamar, who has been identified earlier. os the Haitian in
ho charge of the anti-buvalier plan, is undotitedly the person
‘""* gpeferred to. Vixaman teft kingston for Tomnto by air un
12 April. For two réiated reports, see. Ul.222§ and UPG<
CD eB tefl /GZ/-be

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9. The'telephone directory for the Greater:
Central Truck Sales a+ this address..

2. Duvalier has announced that he will attendssexr cing of
_ heads of State scheduied to be held in- Biers cree in’
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“SOURCE: AMOT Source Raul ARANGO de la Noval, {n EE-518S, 27.)

~Aprii 1966. ARANGO got the “information from’ Enrique MASFERRER

‘ Rojas on 26 April. Please substitute the diss@nination ;
number where UFG 8225 ia cited in the field comments.

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BizCiz— Further Activities of Rolands Mazfarrer Rojas
1 2__le p April 1966 _-
PR: United States, Miami (27 April 1966)

“SOURCB : A menber of a group of Cuban Gatgrés trained in the techniques of

— mformntior collesttons—The group has provided useful reports” sacs
~ _ pt * : ,

. a ee nn nn cee — Rolando ——-
a 7 pea ariing to Farique Masferrer Rojas, hie brother MAXAMALINK/RATANAN Vastorrer —

former Osten senator who bas been plansing action egainst.Presiseat _-

pan gots Duval fer of Keith, left Mest, Florida, for Hew York on 25 April 1966

tw pittle several matters pending there, He planned Bem return Le Miesi
aft vardw vait for thd wight tine to invade Halts

Seatte wst

2e Enrique = Masfererd stated that his Wother had found pome body who had agreed ;
yl. to transport arns aa from the United States to a polnt. where. the inrasisn _
. ae forces were to meet, Muvwsakyxpraxtenxyarctacce

; : tercorsxbix The aovyileition of two cireraft ty te used in the invagior sffort fo,
\s . Still pending. ‘Previously, kolands Masferrer had sai‘d-that he vould muy a —

lease them in Mina! and then locets a place cutside United a States territory
where they “¢ ormhs nee dent and. be loaded with.

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js hecord gto fryrins Maefarrer;- the Haitian ho Wiel “Caiada—

t , . arranging veriour aspects of the opsration, had traveled to the United States ,
a the -conprliy of Vio. Commer-eclonele of the naitian army who allegedly had-——

. the support ‘of 2inritx 86 to 90 Haitian dmigrd4s,3 ‘The Haitian éxler:

: és we, '
-______meet_at mxprmexppntetax an appointed Site and be pleked.up by alse i ag eae Wala
when the time to initiate the plan cama about, The former Heitlen effiex .

gunman teckaxerabie seth ORERraRterarxcolonels have stated that if they succeed
br-estabitenirg « teachhead in Maiti with ths args end wen &

eerekigodt
7 vbo currently Biyport then, Duval ier 1 leave the wmuntry within 24 hours,
an de Reportedly folando Moferrer had asked representatives of the Institatos Ar-

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Field Coments

1. Rolando Masferrer has been discussing plans for an
. dnvasion of Haiti for many months. TLCSDB-31$/00658-66
| Peported the difficulties he was encountering. Seeg altoy ~~
UFG—0325. 25 Fb ~Srafaiert-66, | ‘ .
2. Among earlier clafss by Masferrer was one that he kad |. 7
elready purchased tha two aircraft. See TDCSER-3157
00289-66 and HE-O336.. 66 FE Sta are tre ( CG

3.- The Haitian referred to is probatly Henri Vixamar, deseribed
eariier as a former Haitian and an official of the Bepublic
. of Chad. Vixazar left Kingston for Toronto on 12 4pril
ay by air. There was a previous report on @ telephoce
.. conversation between Folando Masferrer, then in Miemi, ; , ’
ang “the Haitian in Canada” regarding “Operetion Eaiti.” i

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SOURCE: AMOT report EE-5149, 26 April 1966, Paras, 1 to 33
Baul ARANGO de la Noval, who received the information from

. Brrique Masterrer, Paras, 4 and.5: AMNOT-237 frcx Basilio Jorge
PAMEQUE Mulet. Field Comment 2: ENGS~2523.

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of information collection, The group has provided useful re-
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2, On 21 April 1066 Enrique, HMasferrer Rojas said that his brother,
. oo rey ee ets eho was In Miant, had received 2 . . .-
> felepbone ca rom Canada on an unspecified date fron the . . Poon
a ' “~pereca was to be tho Prosident of Haiti in "Operation :
ote a BEA The Haitian ed Rolando Masferrer to go to Canada.0owis & . ‘
meeoet He et seu, Rolando Masferrer replied that he vas 4
oe en, weep Hb @ GALLIoult namitian and santa nad Iecun sha tmisad Stnsna | :

—{__. The Haitian thea asked trat Kolando Masferrer ggndon emissary wom he Slee “4
fompletely and vho az knowlecgeable of the é & necessary if accomplistteg the | ;
mission in Haiti, An unicentified oslavsary left for Canada on 18 or 19 April, - 4

“sig WaswsUE) £8 BSLtS. AN UTE CMLOUEFY AVES 444 VANRUE UTS .

ral Apri Rolando Yauferror received a telephone call from hie emissary in 5
~the-Hel tian, — kex-liscopresentative.tata suld-thoat_shmdntthencneden.be. 3 :
ecolved a check from the Haitian wiicl was sufficient for their needa, woe

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the Junta Bevolucicaaria Cubana (JURE, Cuban Eevolutionary Junta)
for $25,000, ‘he heat, which is in Mieni, was then used es
security for s loan ef $5,600 which will be used to buy arms. Jd
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According to Enrique Mestorrer, everything that is needed has ry
been chtained, and the operation will definitely be carried out,
4, Another Cuban énigré in Miwst said that Rolando Masferrer has
sbout 4900 men art al} of ‘tks equipusent which is nacdcea for &
_ militery operation.

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@ country,—eet that he has all
the equipment that is needed; includi two planes and
several boats, to carry cut his plans.” Rolando Masferrer:
added that he had been persecuted by authorities of the United
States Government. He said that after Fidel Castro Ruz has
been overthrown he, Masferrer, will leave for Guba immediately,
with or without permission from U, 8, autherities, He plans
te follow the exanple of Francisco Caanare Deno, who, with
@ small group, stood firm, and became a recognized power in
the Deminican Republic,

Field Comments,

3. ‘TOCSDB-315/00714-66 gives information on the Masforrer's :
plans to invade Haiti, ;

2. The Haitia: may be Henri Vixamar, who has previously been
. Feported to be involved in the plans to invade Haiti,
_ Be left Kingston, Jamaica, on 12 April ‘for Toroiito, ~~

3. Source Comment. Masferrer's involvement in a plan to :
v may be a subterfuge for obtaining a military i
“force and equipment which will be prepared for action in =~ =~
the event an internal upheaval occurg@: in Cuba, ;

feild Comment, Masferrer has a tendeney to puaegerate, t
us ke Is disliked and distrusted by many Cuban émigrés, :
‘TDCSDB-315/00658-66 reported on the difficulties he was
encountering in trying to complete his plan for an
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|’ HAD EXPECTED TO HAVE DEFINITE NEWS THAT DAY. INSTEAD, HE HAD :

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ella COULD BE CARRIED OUT WITH 125 MEN INSTEAD OF 303; AND

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AGREEMENT. IF BY 22 FEBRUARY MASFERRER HAD NOT RECEIVED AN
ANSWER TO HIS LETTER HE WOULD SEND LUIS SIERRA LOPEZ TO NASSAU TO MEET
WITH THE HAITIAN AND "LAY THE CARDS ON THE TABLE". MASFERRER ADDED THAT
IN THE MEANTIME ATTEMPTS TO RECRUIT 365 TO 4@S MEN MUST BE
i CONTINUED, AND IN CASE THE HAITIAN EFFORT FAILED THEX THESE MEN
| 60D BE USED "iN SOME OTHER WAY". MASFERAER SAID..THAT HE HOPED TO
| WAVE DEFINITE NEWS TO ANNOUNCE AT ANOTHER MEETING TO BE HELD ON THE
i. EVENING OF 23 FEBRUARY. (FIELD COMMENTS. A CHECK WITH
- !WeSe GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES IN MIAMI ON 25 FEBRUARY FAILED TO #04 ¢.
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| FUERZAS ARMADAS CONSTITUCIONALES DE CUBA EN EL EXILIO (FACCE,
St CONSTITUTIONAL ARMED FORCES OF CUBA IN-EXILE). FOR EARLIER
INFORMATION ON HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH MASFERRER, SEE (csoe-312/#22 76-65.)
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(rie. & COMMENT: THE ACTIVITIES cr, RGLANSO MASFERRER
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or ee EMIGRE GROUP PLANNING ACTION AGAINST PAESICENT FRANCOIS DUVALIER
OF HAITI FAVE BEEN REPORTED ON EARLIER. ANTONIO adars MASFERRER,
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HIS COUSIN, HAS BEEN REPCATED, BY THE SOURCE OF Tre INFORMATION ot

my BELOW, TO BE THE COORDINATOR IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, FOR THE &©
ACTION ASAINST HAITI.) oa:
2. ON 4 JANUARY 1566, IN HIAME, FLORIDA, ANTONIO ROJAS
MASFERRER SAID THAT ROLAKOO MASFERRER ROJAS HAS RECENTLY SENT 7o
MIAMI FRC’ NEW YORK A NUGER OF RIFLES, 22-CAL1ZzR VACHINE GUNS,

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| “WEAPONS ARE HIDBEN, ce, .
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“THE moNWMENTO INSURRECCIONAL DE RECUPERATION REVOLUGIONARIA
(MARR, INSURRECTIONAL MOVEMENT FOR REVCLUTIONARY RECOVERY), A an
CUBAN EMIGRE GROUP LED BY ORLANDO SOSCH AVILA, TO TRY TO -
~ INFLUENCE THE MIRR TO CARRY OUT SASOTASE ACTIVITY AGAINST HAITI. |
MASFERRER HOPES TAIS ACTIVITY WILL SPARK A REVOLUTION IN HAITI.
Se ANTENIO ROJAS SAID THAT ROLANDO WASFERRER HAD TOLD ALL
_ THOSE CONCERNED WITH THE PLOT AGAINST DUVALIER TO PASS THE WORD,
1 $0 THAT 1T WOULD REACH UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES, THAT NOTHING | *
* 18 BEING DONE AGAINST DUVALIER AND THAT THE EXILES ARE DISCOURAGED.
_ MASFLARER BELIEVES THIS WILL CALSE UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES
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